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![]() This just occurred to me. Many years ago, my local "small store" Safeway had a terrific meat department manager. He had his finger on the pulse of his customers and provided them with what they wanted and sales soared. As a reward, Safeway changed the criteria they had given him to earn his *yearly* bonus (a measly amount for the work).... and they transfered him out of the store, just to make sure he didn't rise to the new level. OTOH: my daughter told me last night that she'd not only gotten the promotion she wanted (still below the "official" management level at Google) AND she'd made 198% of her *quarterly* bonus. Which company rewards their workers for busting their butts on the job? It amazes me that companies like Safeway can sustain business practices like that and it confirms why many people hate their employers/jobs. |
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sf wrote:
> This just occurred to me. Many years ago, my local "small store" > Safeway had a terrific meat department manager. He had his finger on > the pulse of his customers and provided them with what they wanted and > sales soared. As a reward, Safeway changed the criteria they had > given him to earn his *yearly* bonus (a measly amount for the > work).... and they transfered him out of the store, just to make sure > he didn't rise to the new level. "My" Safeway had this older guy in the seafood department. He would point the specials out to me and never steered me wrong. He took time with customers. Then they remodeled the store and the outcome was bad. The seafood guy was no longer there. More crazy aisles to navigate around but less choice of product. Some old favorite items no longer available. Longer waits in line. No more mailbox outside the store, no clock showing inside the store. Little things add up to a customer like me. And, as I walked into the store I could smell the stink of fish from the seafood dept. which is in the very back. I still go there but only buy frozen fish now, if at all. > > OTOH: my daughter told me last night that she'd not only gotten the > promotion she wanted (still below the "official" management level at > Google) AND she'd made 198% of her *quarterly* bonus. > > Which company rewards their workers for busting their butts on the > job? Not many that I know. At my last job in healthcare I had worked there for only three years but was the senior department head, after dealing with about 5 changes of administrators and management companies and about 3 changes in ownership. With each change, benefits were lessened. My last raise was a joke. So, I'm not in healthcare anymore. > > It amazes me that companies like Safeway can sustain business > practices like that and it confirms why many people hate their > employers/jobs The Safeway union was pushing for a strike some months ago and finally backed down. I talked to some of the checkers and they weren't happy. One checker worked in dairy was proud of her dept. but hated to be pulled from it to check out customers and neglect her dept. Often when I shop there stock is not replenished as quickly as it should be. |
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On Wed, 09 Nov 2005 20:17:38 -0800, sf >
connected the dots and wrote: ~ ~This just occurred to me. Many years ago, my local "small store" ~Safeway had a terrific meat department manager. He had his finger on ~the pulse of his customers and provided them with what they wanted and ~sales soared. As a reward, Safeway changed the criteria they had ~given him to earn his *yearly* bonus (a measly amount for the ~work).... and they transfered him out of the store, just to make sure ~he didn't rise to the new level. ~ Stores like Safeway see that as the challenge: take a good employee and move them to a place where there is more to challenge them. If he doesn't have the skills for a company like google where there is plenty of competition for each job, he needs to look for an employer with a better attitude for rewarding emloyees. maxine in ri, trying to chat and usenet at the same time |
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On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 19:04:58 -0500, maxine in ri wrote:
> > Stores like Safeway see that as the challenge: take a good employee > and move them to a place where there is more to challenge them. > > If he doesn't have the skills for a company like google where there is > plenty of competition for each job, he needs to look for an employer > with a better attitude for rewarding emloyees. > > maxine in ri, trying to chat and usenet at the same time Maxine... that anon must have been you! Come back please! Are you using IE or something else? To access rfc chat: Java link, using your web browser: http://www.penguinpowered.ca/~vexorg...d.cooking.html Download software he www.mirc.com Server: irc.penguinpowered.ca Port: 6667 Channel: #rec.food.cooking |
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